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The Moon on Wednesday, March 14, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

21.6days

Moon phase on March 14, 2012Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 14 March 2012372,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, March 14, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 21.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.6 dMoon age
372,081 km231,200 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to March 14, 2012 is on Thursday, March 8, 2012 at 09:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 14:37 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, March 8, 201209:40
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, March 15, 201201:25

The Moon around March 14

More about this date

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of February 21, 2012 to the new moon of March 22, 2012, a cycle of 29.67 days.